Rashid Rana is widely considered to be one of the leading artists of his generation in South Asia today. Notable for his conceptual innovation and dramatic visual strategies, he has exhibited at various galleries and museums globally. His works are in prestigious public and private collections including the British Museum London, Metropolitan Museum New York, Fukuoka Museum of Art Japan and Saatchi Collection London.
He is the recipient of the Game Changer Asia Art Award, International Artist of the Year by SAVAC (2003) and was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2022.
Primarily known for his art practice, Rashid Rana occupies multiple simultaneous profiles of artist, curator, educator and visionary with a common thread of an unfixed and non-prescriptive view of geography and identity. He is a founding faculty member and currently the Dean of the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts and Design at BNU, Lahore.
